UK general elections › 2024 › Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy — 2024
Melanie Ward (Labour Party) was elected with 18,662 votes— 45.7% of 40,814 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 45.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −4.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 40,814
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes. | Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it. | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanie Ward | Labour Party | 18,662 | −4.3 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Lesley Backhouse | Scottish National Party | 11,414 | — | ||
| 3 | Jonathan Gray | Conservative Party | 3,203 | — | ||
| 4 | Sonia Davidson | Reform UK | 3,128 | — | ||
| 5 | Fraser Graham | Liberal Democrats | 1,593 | — | ||
| 6 | Mags Hall | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 1,556 | — | ||
| 7 | Neale Hanvey | Alba Party | 1,132 | — | ||
| 8 | Calum Paul | Scottish Libertarian Party | 126 | — |
Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved
2026-05-18, generated
2026-05-19
(Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.